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On a related note, I've been a fan of Dr. Land since reading an article about him in Popular Science in the 70's. Still hoping to find a decent SX-70 for a re

• Finnucane 5y ago
  I thought about buying one when you could still get one for half-nothing, but then the new film came out and the price zoomed.
• simlevesque 5y ago
  I wish I could read that
  • djmips 5y ago
    How about. "Insisting On the Impossible : The Life of Edwin Land Paperback" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0738201901/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0738201901/
  • djmips 5y ago
    I found this Popular Science article on the unveiling of the yet to be named SX-70 in which Edwin Land seems to have inspired a certain Steve Jobs. https://books.google.ca/books?id=WZ6okH8FCs4C&lpg=PA65&ots=kjl6hMMtdc&dq=%22the%20air%20of%20a%20magician%20reaching%20for%20a%20very%20special%20rabbit.%22&pg=PA65#v=onepage&q=%22the%20air%20of%20a%20magician%20reaching%20for%20a%20very%20special%20rabbit.%22&f=false https://books.google.ca/books?id=WZ6okH8FCs4C&lpg=PA65&ots=k...
• tomcam 5y ago
  We could never afford one but I used to go to the local camera stores and scavenge the empty film cartridges from their trash. They would demo the camera, and of course throw out the cartridge. But it still had a perfectly good battery in it.
  • jacquesm 5y ago
    And the specs on those batteries are absolutely insane for the size. A couple of them and you can start a vehicle.